(Telestock) – “The results of the checks of the National Labour Inspectorate on work-related risks to exposure to heat confirm the need for a stamp that certifies the legality of workplace safety regulations, and blanket checks on companies, especially agricultural ones and construction sites that use foreign workers for their activities. Otherwise it is clear that other tragedies will occur, for which hypocritical and circumstantial tears cannot be shed without having concretely acted to avoid them”.
Codacons wrote this in a note, once again asking for the adoption of the legality stamp, as already done after the case of the Indian farm worker, Satnam Singh, victim of an accident sul work and abandoned in very serious conditions in front of his home. A tragedy that has too quickly fallen into oblivion, and which instead should have already given rise to a profound intervention in the sector.
In fact, gangmastering, It is still in operation today and is enormously profitable. to companies in economic terms, since it exploits the need of foreign workers to find employment in Italy: years of chatter and promises by politicians have not achieved much in terms of repressing the phenomenon – explains Codacons. For this reason, it is essential to adopt a certificate of legality that attests to compliance with the laws, safety, and workers’ rights by agricultural companies throughout Italy.
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